More - Charles Schumer Quotes

The bottom line is that removal from the scene is a good thing. Given the padding of his resume he shouldn't stay on at FEMA.

Charles Schumer

 

His [President George W. Bush} two greatest priorities are permanent tax cuts and Social Security. And somehow just by coincidence the real bite of those programs, which make the deficit even worse than it is, don't occur until 2009, starting when the president leaves office.

Charles Schumer

 Priorities

The vote is a shot across the bow in terms of the Justice Department and how it conducts itself, in terms of upcoming Supreme Court nominations, and the push-and-pull within the Bush administration. Will it be bipartisan or will it be pulled to the right?

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When you put together a prescription drug bill that puts the pharmaceutical and insurance industry first, and the recipients way down at the bottom, of course you're going to get one big mess. And we have it.

Charles Schumer

 

Why am I up here supporting this bill? Because I think we are in a new era . . . where every one of us has to give a little bit. We heard the president speak, we were unified yesterday, we must keep that unity.

Charles Schumer

 

The Supreme Court's verdicts show that, contrary to what the administration believes, we can have both security and liberty. Congress should now enact legislation that reflects the court's carefully balanced decisions on liberty and security. The Judiciary Committee ought to hold hearings immediately to begin the process of enacting legislation.

Charles Schumer

 

Sen. Graham and I do not think it would be appropriate to vote on this bill while the president is there, so we have agreed to delay the vote,

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My first reaction is a simple one: It could have been a lot worst. ... The president has not sent us a nominee that we've rejected already.

Charles Schumer

 

Even if he is more likely to be a Rehnquist than a Thomas, the downside of him being a Thomas outweighed the upside of him being a Rehnquist,

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I, for one, have woken up in the middle of the night thinking about it, being unsure how to vote.

Charles Schumer